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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

Duchy Originals Organic Ale - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
52
overall
Brewed by Wychwood (Refresh UK - Marstons plc)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Witney, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3413.06/5.03.06/5.05%44.8English pint
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Commercial Description:
Only available bottled (not bottle conditioned).
This was the first beer brewed for the Duchy Originals organic range. The beer is brewed using a rare breed of organic barley - Plumage Archer - harvested from The Prince’s Home Farm at Highgrove.
Duchy Originals Organic Ale has opted for a traditional, British barley variety Plumage Archer to give the beer a rich depth of flavour.
The organic hops for this delicious beer are also British, First Gold, a new dwarf hop variety grown in Kent and Worcestershire. The beer is brewed to Duchy Originals' recipe.
The Duchy Originals Organic Ale is a ruby-coloured flavour-packed beer which combines the rich caramel flavours of the barley malt with the signature ripe orange nuance of the First Gold hop.
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aletales (73), , Oklahoma, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Nice amber pour with thick head. Malty aroma with a spicy flavor and solid mouthfeel.


 Papillon (172), Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Aug 7, 2009  
500 mL Bottle. Amber body with a small off-white bubbly head that settles to a foamy film and ring around the glass, lacing the sides as it is sipped. Aroma of light malt, crystal malt, and brown sugar with a certain astringency to it; a very faint innuendo of pine. Light malt and a nice strong expression of hops come through in the taste, sweet-spicy peppery aftertaste and a finish of orange and crystal malt. I could drink this all evening in a pub.


 KyotoLefty (1371), Kyoto, Japan
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/512/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Nice copper color. Fruity hop aroma. Thin malt flavor, with a bit of caramel and fruit, yet decent hopping. Good enough but unexciting and too light.


 Cirrhosis (610), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/55/103/511/20
Jul 14, 2009  
"Yeah!!!!!!!! Another beer to drink but this one special it claims on the back of the bottle “Suitable for vegetarians” I can finally drink a beer now without risk of getting a giant hunk of pork in it. Beer appears to be hazy honey brown with a very tall very thick very long lasting cap on top, the lacing is stupidly thick. Strong aroma I can smell it from across the table, this aroma seems wrong; arm pit, wood, mild toffee, touch of skunky hops. The taste is at least sweet and malty with a bitter finish. Some notable hops, pepper, mild coffee, touch of a metallic finish. Brew goes down smooth and is medium bodied. Good beer nothing special would never purchase again unless I found it on tap maybe."


 MrRoss (614), Delta, British Columbia, Canada
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/53/102/56/20
Jul 13, 2009  
Started well, as I was impressed with the classy label as well as with the clear and sparkling copper body underneath a frothy, off-white head. Then things took an unfortunate downturn, beginning with what I can only describe as an "odd" nose, I just cannot place what this smelled like. Then it got worse. Mouthfeel was rather sharp and the taste was quite sour, with a finish that was no better. Perhaps this was just a rogue bottle, as I’ve not had any similar experience with a Wychwood. Be that as it may, I found this to be a rather unpleasant beer. Sorry.


 HonkeyBra (1270), Lemont, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 11, 2009  
Kind of a muddy copper pour with some head. Flavor is sweet and carmelly with some grassiness. A bit of fruit, some hops, some caramel in the flavor. Ale with decent hop flavor here, pretty nice flavor.


 lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 6, 2009  
Dark copper with a thick sticky off white foam. Toasty malt aroma, spicy, grassy hops. Taste is fruity, cherries, grapes, toffee, toasted malt.



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